Anna was still on her phone the whole time and texting while she was listening.
- Anna? (KRISTY)
- Get ready! Tomorrow the 'TOP 5' will meet for the first time. (ANNA)
- What? All of you? In one place? (KRISTY)
- I text 'Picasso' for his location and guess what? Unexpectedly, and conveniently were all nearby working together. (ANNA)
- " Usually, they work together because when they use their skills together the job is done faster and easier. But are the odds to be nearby at this time." (KRISTY)
- It could also be ... a strange coincidence. (KRISTY)
- Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. Albert Einstein said. But in our job, there are no such things as coincidence. (ANNA)
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The next day Anna notified Carlos about the new guests they would come today. She didn't know if they would stay or not in the mansion.
Carlos was also curious to see some of Anna's people too. And soon enough he got a big surprise.
They were waiting in the living room, Anna, Kristy, Carlos, Tom, and Henry. Finally, the door opened and the first person entered.
- Hi! I'm Issac.
He was 1.67cm tall with taupe dark skin color, and athletic body. His brows were round medium, his hair was black with small ponytail wavy parted, his eyes were deep-set downturned lidded with green emerald color. His face was diamond soft, hooked nose and full heart lips.
He went and sat on the sofa.
The second person entered.
- Hey! Miss me bitches? I'm Alyssa.
Her body was athletic but not like Anna's, she had a fair peach skin color, and was 1.67cm tall. Her brows were arched thin height, her hair was short wavy ombre with peach blonde color -close to pink. Her eyes were heavy lid upturned with brown dark color, her face was round soft, her nose was Grecian soft, her lips were heart shape pout brace with peach mate lipstick.
She went to sit next to Issac
And the final guest entered
- "WOW!" (TOM, HENRY)
- Hello! I'm Quinn.
She had a generic body around 1.79cm tall with a beautiful tan light skin. Her brows were arched natural and her hair was long straight wavy end parted with red color. Her eyes upturned bold with long eyelashes, and grey cool color, her face was square defined, her nose was pointed downturned and her lips were full wide.
She also went and sit next to Alyssa.
- I'm Anna Wilson.
- I'm Carlos Santana.
- Wait! So, all the 'TOP 5' are here? In the same place? (RON)
- Yes, dude. We are awesome, so get over it! (ALYSSA)
- Al, don't be rude in someone else's house. Sorry for that. (ISSAC)
- She doesn't bite ... often, but when she does, she does it hard. (QUINN)
- The four of you look like you know each other quite well. (HENRY)
- We do! (ISSAC)
- Isaac met Anna in college and she had helped him with loan sharks (debt of his father). Alyssa would almost be kidnapped and sold to a human trafficator in the black market. As for Quinn, she was supposed to assassinate her while she was in prison but she stopped when she realized that she was pregnant. Apparently, she was a mistress of a powerful politician (married politician) and when he found out about the pregnancy he framed her and sent her to jail. But he didn't expect to become the queen in the prison, so he decided to hire a professional. When she learned Quinn's story she decided to help her instead, she staged her death, got her out of prison, took care of her until she gave birth, and found a good family for her daughter. Anna was also keeping an eye on the girl in case someone finds out her identity. The girl was having a guardian angel without even knowing about it. (KRISTY)
Everyone fell into silence, they realized now how respectful and fearsome Anna was. Carlos and Henry also realized that the three new guests were also Anna's Aces.
- "So, she actually won the challenge of 'Leadership" (CARLOS, HENRY)
- And now, let's talk about what the hell happened 5 years ago in Japan. (ANNA)
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Five Years ago.
Anna found out that the man who was looking for named 'Ivan' was associated with a businessman in Japan named Haruki Yamamoto. Carlos was also interested in the same businessman at the same time since he wanted to have a strong connection internationally in the underworld and business world.
However, Mr. Yamamoto wasn't someone who could meet so easily. Unexpectedly he found out that Mr. Yamamoto was a big fan of the famous and mysterious artist named 'Isaac'.
Mr. Yamamoto even challenged him, that he would accept a meeting with him if he finds a painting by his favorite artist, but if he finds the artist's real identity will accept his business proposal without any conditions. It was very tempting for Carlos, who thought that guy was just a crazy fan of his idol or something. So of course Carlos tried to find the artist with all his connections he had.
Carlos only managed to get his phone number, but that was better than nothing, so of course, he called him immediately to talk about business.
But Carlos was unfortunate once again, the artist told him that he would take a vacation to go to Japan with his friends and that they would talk about business when he gets back, while they were talking a female voice was heard telling me that there was a problem with the hotel reservation.
Carlos took the opportunity to help him since he had a lot of connections internationally in exchange for some of his rare paintings, Issac didn't like to give his painting just like that without profit. He took a breath and thought about it and he realized that he was actually cornered by the circumstances, besides irritating a powerful rich man with a lot of connections was not wise at all, so he accepted his offer on the condition his identity was not be revealed.
Carlos of course accepted without hesitation since he knew Ron could hack anything at any moment, Issac, of course, didn't believe him but he knew that Quinn could just erase their trace.
At the same time, the Japanese businessman Mr. Yamamoto had a mysterious phone call from an unknown person who was giving him some instructions. He was listening for a while in silence, and soon enough responded.
- Yes, I understand, sensei! Everything will be ready in a week at the right time. (MR. YAMAMOTO)
The mysterious call just ended like never happened in the first place.
After a week all of them were in the same place, without having any idea about it and the event that will change their lives forever.
Carlos was with his two trusted hands and bodyguards Tom and Henry in the house office of Mr. Yamamoto. At first, they thought it was a kind of weird that he brought them here but Mr. Yamamoto told them that later had to go to some event to meet with his family, it sounded reasonable, and accepted it even though they were feeling that something was not quite right. Eventually, they thought that he was a busy and strange man.
At the same time, the four people were close to the house waiting for Mr. Yamamoto to leave for the event to meet his family without knowing that there were guests in the house.
Carlos and Mr. Yamamoto had a decent conversation since Carlos managed to bring him three rare paintings by his favorite artist. At some point, Mr. Yamamoto got a phone call to notify him that something was wrong with his company and that had to come immediately.
Mr. Yamamoto apologized to his guests and asked them to wait for him until he comes back. He ensureed them that it won't' be long until he comes back, and feeling uncomfortable with the situation they ended up agreeing to stay until he comes back.
The moment Mr. Yamamoto's car left, Quinn cut off the security system, and Anna, Issac, and Alyssa entered the house unbothered. Isaac and Alyssa went to the volt of the treasure while Anna was bugging the whole house.
When Anna got close to the house office however she realized that there were still people inside, she thought that must be some of Mr. Yamamoto's bodyguards or house cleaners. She started walking towards the room and trying to open it without noise, then she threw a sleeping gas in the room and waited for the results.
Since the people were busy talking to each other they haven't realized that someone was close by, they thought that they were all alone, and Anna took advantage of that.
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A couple of hours later they woke up in Mr. Yamamoto's office but still no sign of him nowhere. They decided to leave immediately and deal with it later. When Carlos called Mr. Yamamoto he managed to find the secretary that told him that the issue in the company was bigger than he expected and that he would call him back when things are better in his company.
Carlos knew that something was wrong and the next day, found out.
The next day Mr. Yamamoto made an emergency announcement internationally about 5 dangerous criminals who worked together and terrorized the whole world. He pounced a bunch of nonsense about conspiracy theories for the five criminals who had international connections and power, (some of them were true) and cooperative with the international agencies in secret and that his life and his family were in danger and a lot more. His purpose was to spread panic among the world, and it worked.
- These criminals are the most dangerous and powerful ones in the whole world, don't try to approach them for any reason, they are not merciful. But luckily we managed to figure out their categories.
'TOP 1: The Assassin', known as 'Chameleon' [ANNA]
'TOP 2: The gangster', known as 'The World's Al Capone.' [CSRLOS]
'TOP 3: The Hacker', known as 'Lion Queen.' [QUINN]
'TOP 4: The Forger!' Known as 'Picasso'. [ISAAC]
'TOP 5: The thief', known as 'Pink Panther'. [ALYSSA] (MR. YAMAMOTO)
After the international announcement, Carlos tried to come into contact with Mr. Yamamoto but he was avoiding him like the plague. As for Anna, this international announcement was enough proof that Mr. Yamamoto indeed was working with Ivan, and not only that, but Ivan was sending her a message.
Ivan could easily kill her, but he didn't, he decided to show her his power by making her the target of the whole world, including agencies, politicians, and even other criminals. It was a game of power, control, and politics. And the only way to survive was to win.
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Present
- Tsk! I really hate politics. (ANNA)
- Who doesn't? (TOM)
- Intelligent people understand politics but they avoid them (HENRY)
- Unless someone forces you to be involved and then you don't have much of a choice, do you? (QUINN)
- But that doesn't mean you have to like it.
- " Mr. Yamamoto was working with Ivan since back then? No! They must have known each other much longer. So I was targeted by Ivan way before he started messing with my gang, but why?" (CARLOS)
- Btw, how did you find out the connection between Mr. Yamamoto and Ivan? (CARLOS)
Anna didn't respond to Carlos and just ignored him